Best Bet: Rockers, surfers meet at Switchfoot Bro-Am

ENCINITAS ---- The sounds of the surf will blend with the sounds
of guitars June 26 at Moonlight Beach.

The occasion will be the sixth edition of the Switchfoot Bro-Am,
the Encinitas-bred rock band's marriage of competitive surfing with
live music. Bro-Am, along with an auction event June 25 in La Jolla
and a post-beach evening June 26 at the Belly Up Tavern, raises
money for the San Diego and Oceanside chapters of StandUp for Kids.
The national nonprofit organization aids at-risk and homeless
youths.

Last year's event attracted about 7,000 people to Moonlight
Beach and raised $100,000. Spectators can watch the action in the
surf and listen to the solar-powered concert for free.

The draw in the water this year will be watching pro surfers
such as Rob Machado, Tommy Curren and Timmy Curran, as well as
members of Switchfoot. Onstage, pop/rock band OK Go leads a day of
music that also features the Almost, Foo Fighter Chris Shiflett and
his Americana/roots band, the Dead Peasants, Interscope-signed
musician Kate Voegele, Switchfoot's Jon Foreman and Friends,
Newport Beach-based Young the Giant, songwriter/surfer Curran and
popular local act Dynamite Walls. Headliner OK Go is best known for
its skill in attracting millions of viewers to its music videos on
YouTube. The band won a Grammy for its video for "Here It Goes
Again," aka the "treadmills" video.

The surfing contest, running 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., pits
corporate-sponsored four-member teams head to head riding waves
regular stance and "switch" stance. For the first time, there will
be a junior division that features younger surfers representing
high schools, surf shops and companies. Between surf heats, there
will be Nerf surf jousting duels.

The music begins at 11 a.m. and lasts until 5 p.m. There will
also be a vendor fair featuring food and dozens of companies and
organizations. Moonlight Beach is at 400 B St..